ISTANBUL
Chairman of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun resigned from his post on Thursday.
Sources told AA that Ghalioun resigned from his post due to mounting criticisms of his leadership within the Council.
Ghalioun, who was re-elected as chairman of the Council last week, declared his resignation as soon as a replacement was found through elections or consensus.
According to Al Arabiya's website, Ghalioun, who is a professor and lives in Paris, was not new to Syrian uprisings; in fact he returned to the scene in 2011 picking up from where he left off. Ten years ago, he participated in the Damascus Spring, a period of intense political debate after the death of President Hafez al-Assad, in June 2000, and which continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the activities associated with it were suppressed by the government.
The SNC, a 300-member council formed in September 2011 in Istanbul, is a coalition of seven opposition groups.
